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The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1950-02-09

The Amherst news-times (Amherst, Ohio), 1950-02-09 page 1

'ft. I Hfe)iHERST News MES VOL xxxn, NO. 6 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1950 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD March of Dimes Drive Hits $1,000; Need $800 in Last Four Days With just four days left in the March of Dimes drive, Elmer Smith, chairman, reported at Tuesday night's Jaycee meeting that up to that time, approximately one thousand dollars had been received. A breakdown consists of: Block of Dimes, $246.00; Fire dept., $49.63; industrial, $50.00; Amherst Theatre.1 $55.25; student council, $16.00; U. S. Automatic employees, $49.90; share of county basketball game, $29.90; Eagles, Legion, Rotary clubs, $20.00 and the remainder being made up in house to house solicitations. Although the goal of $1800 is a long way from made, Smith stated that the collections from some streets, churches, business- j Economics room. The usual meet-men, schools, cans, and bars are ing will follow and features of still not in so there is still a possibility of the goal being made. ' During the 1949 drive over eight hundred dollars was taken in the house-to-house canvass. This year, unless a great am-eunt falls into the drive, this figtre is not going to be met. Smith issued a plea to all people who have not yet contributed to do so before the end of the Til This year, above all years, imperative that the goal be reached because of the tremendous expenses incurred by the ' icklog cases. It was pointed out that some children need years of service and attention to again be able to walk. Some clubs have contributed but as yet, as compared to last year, most clubs have given nothing, Smith said. Comets Are Hosts On Saturday to Sand. St. Mary's Amherst's Comets play one conference game and one independent game this week-end. Tomorrow (Friday) evening the cagers travel to Clcarview in a Southwestern Conference match. Against the Clippers the Comets hold a flight edge in pan game?. In games going back to 1932 the Comets have won 17 games and lost 14. In the first game of this season, played on Jauuaiy 0, the Clippers won 40-30. On Saturday evening Sandusky St. Mary's comes in for a game on the local floor. St. Mary's has always been so tough that the Comets have managed only one vin, back in 1929, 40-19. Since that time they lost 11 to the Sandusky quintet. Rummage Sale Set for Four Days Next Week by Hospital Auxiliary As the second project in the drive to raise $800.00 to finish paying for new hospital kitchen equipment, members of the Amherst Hospital Auxiliary are planning a four-day rummage sale next week, with Mrs. Carl Deeds in charge of arrangements.Scheduled lor next weanesaay through Saturday, the sale will be held at the Town Hall from '0:00 d.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily. A bake sale will also be held by the Auxiliary at Michael's Bowling Alley (office) on Saturday, the 18th, starting at 10:00 a.m. Mrs. Robert Schulz is chairman of this project. . Donations of all kinds are desired for the rummage sale, so long as they have some resale value. Some suggestions are clothing, books, (especially children's), costume jewelry,bric-a-brac, dishes, glassware, household equipment, kitchen utensils, furniture etc. Items can be deposited in cartons located at the bank and the gas office, or they can be brought to the town hall February 14, or on any day of the sale. If a donor is unable to bring the item, arrangements can be made to have it picked up by calling Mrs. Deeds at 7042. A tentative price' tag should accompany the item The eal this vear is $1800-if possible, to assist the com- Robert G. Beesing was accept- mittee in marking the sale price, i The book review given Monday of this week proved a successful first project. Miss Elizabeth King of Lorain reviewed the amusing book "It Gives Me Great Pleasure" by Emily Kim-brough.The 1950 Auxiliary membership drive is still in progress, and women wishing to join may still send their name and dues (50c) either to the News-Times office or Mrs. Neal Ludwig. Membership does not necessarily entail active participation in the Auxiliary, but shows an interest Jaccompliahmenti of the group. P.T.A. to Meet Monday Eve Founders' Day will be observed when the P.T.A. -of the Public School meets Monday evening at the school auditorium. A past presidents' dinner will be served at 6:30 in the Home the evening's entertainment will be selections by a string quartet of the Oberlin Conservatory and a demonstration will be given in the industrial art department. Eagles Plan to ?epair Equipment At Playground Plans to repair equipment at the playgrounds at the high school and at Memorial Field were discussed at the regular meeting of the Eagles on Monday evening. John Gcrrese was appointed chairman of a committee to contact school authorities relative to inspecting the playground equipment to see what repair work is necessary. Members of the local club will then donate services to put the equipment in good shape by spring. The Aerie also set up special prizes to be given in a membership drive. The drive will be under the direction of Hugh Mc-Garvey, membership chairman, and will run from now through May. Included in the special prizes will be an award for every member who brings in a candidate. In connection with the mem-1 . J uii&, McGaivcy ' said, will be the monthly initiation to be held on Monday, February 27. Dan Gallagher, end coach for the Cleveland Browns, will bp the principal speaker. Among coming events disclosed by McGarvey are the District meeting Sunday at Avon Lake, the Bowling League dance on Friday, February 17, and the Fishermen's Club election and fish fry on Friday evening of this week. Jaycee Wrestling Show Successful Routine business and reports occupied the Jaycee meeting Tuesday night at the Town Hall. Bob Kropf, secretary-treasurer of the wrestling committee, reported that the show was a success. En ough money was raised to furnish a room at the new addition to Amherst Hospital. Members of the committees were thanked for their participation in this worthy project. Elmer Smith, chairman of the March of Dimes Drive in Amherst, which is sponsored by the Jaycees, reported that $909.10 had been collected thus far. The door-to-door solicitation, however, is not complete and the drive will run through Feb. 14. ed by the membership as a new member, It was announced that the Distinguished Service Award Dinner will be held March 20. Ed Bang, Cleveland News sports-writer, has been obtained as speaker. Tickets are $1.50 and will go on sale March 7. The dinner will be served by the Band Mothers. Jerry Super reported on the progress made toward having signs erected at the outskirts of town. Further information is needed, such as price and size, before definite plans can be made. PTA Skates for Fun mi 1. 1 ,. p .......... . " m , .ii i.n.,1. ,,.,- It - Ulv . if -. , I i - j i f ' - ' . i i K r . . , , i ' " ( v " "I' ' f 'i i ' i" , .s."' vnr 300 local people enjoyed a - i -,r ' 'J, IV f '''h, K i lo'lcr skating parly at Ihc Koll- -11 ,:;;v,"c '.V' "' , m1 '-p:i in Elyr;a NI"'"hiy cvuni,iB ' ,i v -ii,.'!-' 'V -C'' ' W u-i ' r the (.pcm-.rliip of the pub- 'V-;A-v;c:;t v-.'? i , il -ls PTA-. ,',.V f r -' ?C . ''J 'li.-kei sa'es were hamued by ' '"U. f t f'i,"" l I ,0"m mothers Willi profits from i ' 'Ai'','fl j . K "..' . J" ' . ,,,(- :'fl''''' g,)in lllt; i'''r-A- I " I Vf,4 y1 I X ri.u, IT,'1 J I nv isury to help pay for the school f,-uy"..'i't f tNJ','.'- . I hi ev contemplated by the group. ... ' V if f ' Mif. VT''. ' i'.v- ' I 'J"' - was rented for the eve L'J'r,'', A ,J"f U'-'i "i f H -r"' - - I ti? fnr.S7S by the PTA, tickets '," ' J 1 . , : V'V. i 1 !'''; sold for 50 cent.-:. Altlxiimh . ) v ? i"-f' ' f,i'1 ' - ' l'-'' ' :' reports are not n vet from ' ' " ' ' '" ''-" Ihe room mothers, the PTA should I V ' "" ' ' i '' 1P'lll0 11 Pro-it on the evening of i ' r'2' j " J Jround $75, according to Mrs. C. L- lk-Li V.,,...,:,,,: CVandersall. vo5te ; :Ai , Furit-v ot the a,vhe 01l I .J? iS' T ' t riirWTB : IlicrlUV , "A V-j bpring was oointed up this week f iL "4-v,i Ji-K'-lt?':ZA I following an analysis by the Lo- Ladies' Team Confers Degrees At Grange Meet The Ladies' degree team of Hickory Tree Grange in white formats, under the lcadershop of Mrs. Maybelle McLoda, conferred the third and fourth degrees on a class of eight candidates Thursday evening. In the class were Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Vhiton, Mr. rn Mrs. Frank Draves, George Daniel, Arthur DeAngelis, Louise and Richard Gerber. The degree team included the following officers: master, Maida Lembke; overseer, Jean Felgema-ker, lecturer, Grace Woodings; chaplin, Anna Stang. treasurer, Mary McCauley; secretary, Leilah Gerber; steward, Mary Heller, gate-keeper, Ada Rosenkranz; Pomona, Fanny Ruth; Ceres, Mar-gert Huey; Flora, Agnes Heck; assistant steward, Catherine Dull; lady assistant steward, Ava Alex-nder; flag-bearers, Lora Young and Mary Joseph; pianist, Marian Knittle; soloist, Mar j uric Dull. Plans were discussed for a public card party to be held in the near future in charge of the economics committee. Plans were also discussed for train trip to Greenfield Village to be taken by the various farm groups of Lorain County. A social hour followed and refreshments were served by a committee headed by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bring. Plan Reception For New Pastor The Amherst Ministerial Association will hold a reception for Rev. T. S. Todd of the Brownhelm Congregational church this Monday at the Methodist church. . The Ministers will have . a business meeting at 4:00. A dinner, planned by the wives will be served at 5:30 p.m. Plans for union Lenten activities will be announced at this meeting. and Profit f-w lcmauvc plans navj oeen macic v to hold another skating party in ,. i the near future. mm fri Spring Water Pure, mM , ,IeaUl1 P.T,A. Bazaar Plans Arc Made Plans are being completed this week for the P.T.A. Bazaar to be held at the high school gym, Friday, February 24, according to Mrs. C. L. Goodspeed, chairman of the project. Purpose of the bazaar is to raise the balance of $G00 required for the Survey of School needs to be made this spring by a state representative of the Columbus Board of Education. The P.T.A. voted in favor of the survey, to see what should be done to alleviate crowded conditions at the school. Activity will start at 6:00 p.m. with a magician scheduled to entertain in the evening. Room mothers are planning various booths, details of which will be announced later. C. of C. Plans for Annual Dinner Further plans for the annual dinner meeting of the Chamber of Commerce were discussed by members of the board of directors at a regular meeting of the board on Monday evening. Set for Monday evening, March 6, at the Congregational church the dinner and meeting this year will be limited to members and their families. Reports of the past year and election of new directors will be in the business-come before the group. Directors present at Monday's meeting were President W. A. Schulz, Max Egeland, Evert Nylen. Roy Anderson, Ray Ehrlich, an 1 William Bodmann. Mrs. Gottschling Wins Grand Prize Mrs. Janet Gottschling won the grand prize of an electric range at the demonstration sponsored by South Amherst Band Mothers at the school Tuesday eve ning. Purity of the water at the Old Spring was pointed up this week following an analysis by the Lo rain County District Dcnrtivent of Health. Mayor Fred Hogrefe received the following report from the Department in regard to the water: "The analysis on the .sample til water collected by a representative of this department on January 25, 1950, from the Old Spring showed no evidence of contamination."Drawings Will be Held Saturday for County Tourney Drawings for the county basketball tournament wlvch starts next Wednesday evening will be made in the county Athletic Board offices in Elyria Saturday morning at 10:00. The county tournament moves this year to the Oberlin College Fieldhouse, following years at Lorain high school gym. Eliminating down to four winners for the sectional tournament, the county tourney is slated for next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, February 15, 16, and 17, and then for Feb. 22, 23, and 24. First games start at 7:00 p.m. Amateur Boxing Card Is Set Up Amateur boxing auain returns to Amherst on Monday. February 20. The American Legion is sponsoring a boxing show wilh Al King acting as chairman. The bouts, which will be held at the Amherst High gym, includes 7 amateur boxers who gained championship honors in the recent Lorain County Golden Gloves Tournament. The lr.gion, under match-maker Mike Foherence quanmtccs eight' bouts. They are presenting a 10 bout card that promises plenty of excitement along with some very fine boxing. Amherst Rockets In Action Tonight The Amherst Rockets see action again tonight (Thursday) against the Schulan Jewlcrs who are the Akron Class A champs at 8: 30 in the local high school gym. The preliminary will get uderway at 7:30 with Vince's Auto Sales sparring with a team from Elyria. The doors will be open at 6:30. Storm Water Still Council Problem; Purchase Fire Hose Surface drainage, the perennial headache of village council, again took most of the time at the regular meeting of the official body Tuesday evening. Complaints of citizens from widely scattered parts of town were received, with the sewer and street committees requested to investigate and make rcommendations. Tom Laundon, village engin- eer, reported that the new storm sewer on South Main street, 700 feet in length, was practically completed, thus relieving conditions for that distance. He reported, however, that excess water further south on the street will have to be taken care of sometime in the future. Council has, in the past, discussed the over-all problem at some length. The present sewer system is, and has been for some time, inadequate for a variety of reasons. Clogging of sewers reduces the amount of wafer carried off and additional building all over town is increasing the pmount of run-r.'tf water to he taken rare of. Complete elimination of all the troubles would be a Ion." and very expensive operation, council has said, and the bt'1 that can be done at present is to take care of portions of Ihe system at a time. Buy fire hose On recommendation of Charles Edwards, acting fire chief, council authorized the fire committee to purchase new fire hose Ceremony Marks St. Joseph P.T.A. 23rd Anniversary Founders' Day was observed for the first time when the PTA of St. Joseph's parochial school met on Wednesday evening in the sciioi i hall. This was the 53rd anniversary of the National PTA and the 23rd .iimheisaiv or the local PTA. Th president, Mrs. Robert Finncgnn, gave a brief history of the PTA and noted that St. Joseph's was the first Catholic school to organize. Mrs. Michael Miller conducted a candlelight service, lighting 7 candles, each representing an aim or goal of the PTA. Each past president present was presented with a gardenia corsage. Present were Mrs. C. G. Aschenbach. '30; Mrs. J. A. Wesbecher, '31; Mrs. Harold Brown, '35 and '36; Mrs. Harold Weaver, '43 and '44: Mrs. I.pwis Vilagi, '45; Mrs. S. Duskcy, '46; and Mrs. M. Miller, '47 and 48. The meeting opened with prayer oflered by the Rev. Fr. James Smith. The group voted to contribute .$5.00 to the Heart drive. A bake sale was planned for May. The following purchasing committee was appointed by Mrs. Finne-gan: Mrs. Ed Gringal, Mrs. Robert Squires and Mrs. Elmer Haas. Volunteer aid was asked for the pre-Lenten ham dinner to be served Feb. 19. The room count went to the first and second grades taught by Sister Mary Allan, and ihe special prize went to Mrs. Weaver. Lunch was served by the 8th grade mothers, Mrs. Miller, chairman. Board of Affairs . Discusses Costs, Billing System Getting their "feet on Ihe ground" trok most of the time at the first regular meeting of the new board of public affairs last Thursday evening. Since all three members are new to the work of the board, most of the time was spent in finding out duties, powers, and responsibilities of the office. Re ports of the chief engineer were studied and discussed and some discussion given to means of fig uring actual costs of distribution so that a ready report on profits or losses could be had for study. Discussion was also given to the present billing system and tentative plans set up for members to visit other plants in the state for ideas on less expensive billing procedures. The first Thursday evening of the month was set as the regular meeting date for the board for the coming year. as soon as tax monies are received from the county treasurer. Edwards pointed out that the department has never had a full supply of hose since the purchase of the new truck three years ago. The recent fire on Long street took all the available hose of the department and in addition left the trucks dangerously short while the hose was being properly cleaned and dried. Council has been purchasing hose at the rate of 300 feet a year for the past two years to replace worn hose and build up the supply on the trucks. After hearing the recommendation of the act in:; chief, the fire committee was authorized to purchase 300 Ret of 2'2 inch hose and :;C0 feet of l1- inch hose at an approximate cost of $750. Consider trash boxes Representatives of a firin owning trash containers for city streets appeared before council, icquesting permission to install ome of their containers in Amherst. According to the representatives, there would be no charge to the village for installation or upkeep of the boxes. The company would be reimbursed through selling advertising panels to go on the boxes and would keep the boxes in good condition for the life of the contract.The matter was referred to the street committee and the village solicitor for study. Other business before the group inc'jided authorisation of the ?ur-ciiase'of a new flag for the coun- I cil chambers and instructions to the village engineer to prepare data for the state highway department looking forward to possible state aid on street re- pair in the village. Polio Victim Is Recovering '..V if.- Mary Kay Walker, 5 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Walker, 131 Pearl street, is another Amherst polio victim. She was stricken in September of 1948. An early diagnosis was that her sickness was a rheumatic condition but when she failed to improve, Dr. Heyman, noted Orthopedic Surgeon - Specialist, was consulted and he immediately diagnosed her case as poliomyelitis with definite muscular damage to the right leg. He prescribed a full length brace for the right leg plus heat-massage treatments, three times a week, by trained physio-therapists, at Gates Hospital in Elyria. Mary Kay's mother was taught this method of massage so that she could give her a treatment on the other four days each week. Another part of this method of treatment is the complete physical check-up by Dr. Heyman and his staff every three months. At the last check-up in November, Mary Kay's leg had shown enough improvement that a smaller brace was prescribed and her treatments at Gates' were cut to twice a week. The doctors have informed Mr. and Mrs. Walker that a series of operations will be necessary in approximately three years to restore the leg to normal use. All of this, the treatments, the braces, the operations, etc., are all made possible through the Lorain County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

'ft. I Hfe)iHERST News MES VOL xxxn, NO. 6 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1950 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD March of Dimes Drive Hits $1,000; Need $800 in Last Four Days With just four days left in the March of Dimes drive, Elmer Smith, chairman, reported at Tuesday night's Jaycee meeting that up to that time, approximately one thousand dollars had been received. A breakdown consists of: Block of Dimes, $246.00; Fire dept., $49.63; industrial, $50.00; Amherst Theatre.1 $55.25; student council, $16.00; U. S. Automatic employees, $49.90; share of county basketball game, $29.90; Eagles, Legion, Rotary clubs, $20.00 and the remainder being made up in house to house solicitations. Although the goal of $1800 is a long way from made, Smith stated that the collections from some streets, churches, business- j Economics room. The usual meet-men, schools, cans, and bars are ing will follow and features of still not in so there is still a possibility of the goal being made. ' During the 1949 drive over eight hundred dollars was taken in the house-to-house canvass. This year, unless a great am-eunt falls into the drive, this figtre is not going to be met. Smith issued a plea to all people who have not yet contributed to do so before the end of the Til This year, above all years, imperative that the goal be reached because of the tremendous expenses incurred by the ' icklog cases. It was pointed out that some children need years of service and attention to again be able to walk. Some clubs have contributed but as yet, as compared to last year, most clubs have given nothing, Smith said. Comets Are Hosts On Saturday to Sand. St. Mary's Amherst's Comets play one conference game and one independent game this week-end. Tomorrow (Friday) evening the cagers travel to Clcarview in a Southwestern Conference match. Against the Clippers the Comets hold a flight edge in pan game?. In games going back to 1932 the Comets have won 17 games and lost 14. In the first game of this season, played on Jauuaiy 0, the Clippers won 40-30. On Saturday evening Sandusky St. Mary's comes in for a game on the local floor. St. Mary's has always been so tough that the Comets have managed only one vin, back in 1929, 40-19. Since that time they lost 11 to the Sandusky quintet. Rummage Sale Set for Four Days Next Week by Hospital Auxiliary As the second project in the drive to raise $800.00 to finish paying for new hospital kitchen equipment, members of the Amherst Hospital Auxiliary are planning a four-day rummage sale next week, with Mrs. Carl Deeds in charge of arrangements.Scheduled lor next weanesaay through Saturday, the sale will be held at the Town Hall from '0:00 d.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily. A bake sale will also be held by the Auxiliary at Michael's Bowling Alley (office) on Saturday, the 18th, starting at 10:00 a.m. Mrs. Robert Schulz is chairman of this project. . Donations of all kinds are desired for the rummage sale, so long as they have some resale value. Some suggestions are clothing, books, (especially children's), costume jewelry,bric-a-brac, dishes, glassware, household equipment, kitchen utensils, furniture etc. Items can be deposited in cartons located at the bank and the gas office, or they can be brought to the town hall February 14, or on any day of the sale. If a donor is unable to bring the item, arrangements can be made to have it picked up by calling Mrs. Deeds at 7042. A tentative price' tag should accompany the item The eal this vear is $1800-if possible, to assist the com- Robert G. Beesing was accept- mittee in marking the sale price, i The book review given Monday of this week proved a successful first project. Miss Elizabeth King of Lorain reviewed the amusing book "It Gives Me Great Pleasure" by Emily Kim-brough.The 1950 Auxiliary membership drive is still in progress, and women wishing to join may still send their name and dues (50c) either to the News-Times office or Mrs. Neal Ludwig. Membership does not necessarily entail active participation in the Auxiliary, but shows an interest Jaccompliahmenti of the group. P.T.A. to Meet Monday Eve Founders' Day will be observed when the P.T.A. -of the Public School meets Monday evening at the school auditorium. A past presidents' dinner will be served at 6:30 in the Home the evening's entertainment will be selections by a string quartet of the Oberlin Conservatory and a demonstration will be given in the industrial art department. Eagles Plan to ?epair Equipment At Playground Plans to repair equipment at the playgrounds at the high school and at Memorial Field were discussed at the regular meeting of the Eagles on Monday evening. John Gcrrese was appointed chairman of a committee to contact school authorities relative to inspecting the playground equipment to see what repair work is necessary. Members of the local club will then donate services to put the equipment in good shape by spring. The Aerie also set up special prizes to be given in a membership drive. The drive will be under the direction of Hugh Mc-Garvey, membership chairman, and will run from now through May. Included in the special prizes will be an award for every member who brings in a candidate. In connection with the mem-1 . J uii&, McGaivcy ' said, will be the monthly initiation to be held on Monday, February 27. Dan Gallagher, end coach for the Cleveland Browns, will bp the principal speaker. Among coming events disclosed by McGarvey are the District meeting Sunday at Avon Lake, the Bowling League dance on Friday, February 17, and the Fishermen's Club election and fish fry on Friday evening of this week. Jaycee Wrestling Show Successful Routine business and reports occupied the Jaycee meeting Tuesday night at the Town Hall. Bob Kropf, secretary-treasurer of the wrestling committee, reported that the show was a success. En ough money was raised to furnish a room at the new addition to Amherst Hospital. Members of the committees were thanked for their participation in this worthy project. Elmer Smith, chairman of the March of Dimes Drive in Amherst, which is sponsored by the Jaycees, reported that $909.10 had been collected thus far. The door-to-door solicitation, however, is not complete and the drive will run through Feb. 14. ed by the membership as a new member, It was announced that the Distinguished Service Award Dinner will be held March 20. Ed Bang, Cleveland News sports-writer, has been obtained as speaker. Tickets are $1.50 and will go on sale March 7. The dinner will be served by the Band Mothers. Jerry Super reported on the progress made toward having signs erected at the outskirts of town. Further information is needed, such as price and size, before definite plans can be made. PTA Skates for Fun mi 1. 1 ,. p .......... . " m , .ii i.n.,1. ,,.,- It - Ulv . if -. , I i - j i f ' - ' . i i K r . . , , i ' " ( v " "I' ' f 'i i ' i" , .s."' vnr 300 local people enjoyed a - i -,r ' 'J, IV f '''h, K i lo'lcr skating parly at Ihc Koll- -11 ,:;;v,"c '.V' "' , m1 '-p:i in Elyr;a NI"'"hiy cvuni,iB ' ,i v -ii,.'!-' 'V -C'' ' W u-i ' r the (.pcm-.rliip of the pub- 'V-;A-v;c:;t v-.'? i , il -ls PTA-. ,',.V f r -' ?C . ''J 'li.-kei sa'es were hamued by ' '"U. f t f'i,"" l I ,0"m mothers Willi profits from i ' 'Ai'','fl j . K "..' . J" ' . ,,,(- :'fl''''' g,)in lllt; i'''r-A- I " I Vf,4 y1 I X ri.u, IT,'1 J I nv isury to help pay for the school f,-uy"..'i't f tNJ','.'- . I hi ev contemplated by the group. ... ' V if f ' Mif. VT''. ' i'.v- ' I 'J"' - was rented for the eve L'J'r,'', A ,J"f U'-'i "i f H -r"' - - I ti? fnr.S7S by the PTA, tickets '," ' J 1 . , : V'V. i 1 !'''; sold for 50 cent.-:. Altlxiimh . ) v ? i"-f' ' f,i'1 ' - ' l'-'' ' :' reports are not n vet from ' ' " ' ' '" ''-" Ihe room mothers, the PTA should I V ' "" ' ' i '' 1P'lll0 11 Pro-it on the evening of i ' r'2' j " J Jround $75, according to Mrs. C. L- lk-Li V.,,...,:,,,: CVandersall. vo5te ; :Ai , Furit-v ot the a,vhe 01l I .J? iS' T ' t riirWTB : IlicrlUV , "A V-j bpring was oointed up this week f iL "4-v,i Ji-K'-lt?':ZA I following an analysis by the Lo- Ladies' Team Confers Degrees At Grange Meet The Ladies' degree team of Hickory Tree Grange in white formats, under the lcadershop of Mrs. Maybelle McLoda, conferred the third and fourth degrees on a class of eight candidates Thursday evening. In the class were Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Vhiton, Mr. rn Mrs. Frank Draves, George Daniel, Arthur DeAngelis, Louise and Richard Gerber. The degree team included the following officers: master, Maida Lembke; overseer, Jean Felgema-ker, lecturer, Grace Woodings; chaplin, Anna Stang. treasurer, Mary McCauley; secretary, Leilah Gerber; steward, Mary Heller, gate-keeper, Ada Rosenkranz; Pomona, Fanny Ruth; Ceres, Mar-gert Huey; Flora, Agnes Heck; assistant steward, Catherine Dull; lady assistant steward, Ava Alex-nder; flag-bearers, Lora Young and Mary Joseph; pianist, Marian Knittle; soloist, Mar j uric Dull. Plans were discussed for a public card party to be held in the near future in charge of the economics committee. Plans were also discussed for train trip to Greenfield Village to be taken by the various farm groups of Lorain County. A social hour followed and refreshments were served by a committee headed by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bring. Plan Reception For New Pastor The Amherst Ministerial Association will hold a reception for Rev. T. S. Todd of the Brownhelm Congregational church this Monday at the Methodist church. . The Ministers will have . a business meeting at 4:00. A dinner, planned by the wives will be served at 5:30 p.m. Plans for union Lenten activities will be announced at this meeting. and Profit f-w lcmauvc plans navj oeen macic v to hold another skating party in ,. i the near future. mm fri Spring Water Pure, mM , ,IeaUl1 P.T,A. Bazaar Plans Arc Made Plans are being completed this week for the P.T.A. Bazaar to be held at the high school gym, Friday, February 24, according to Mrs. C. L. Goodspeed, chairman of the project. Purpose of the bazaar is to raise the balance of $G00 required for the Survey of School needs to be made this spring by a state representative of the Columbus Board of Education. The P.T.A. voted in favor of the survey, to see what should be done to alleviate crowded conditions at the school. Activity will start at 6:00 p.m. with a magician scheduled to entertain in the evening. Room mothers are planning various booths, details of which will be announced later. C. of C. Plans for Annual Dinner Further plans for the annual dinner meeting of the Chamber of Commerce were discussed by members of the board of directors at a regular meeting of the board on Monday evening. Set for Monday evening, March 6, at the Congregational church the dinner and meeting this year will be limited to members and their families. Reports of the past year and election of new directors will be in the business-come before the group. Directors present at Monday's meeting were President W. A. Schulz, Max Egeland, Evert Nylen. Roy Anderson, Ray Ehrlich, an 1 William Bodmann. Mrs. Gottschling Wins Grand Prize Mrs. Janet Gottschling won the grand prize of an electric range at the demonstration sponsored by South Amherst Band Mothers at the school Tuesday eve ning. Purity of the water at the Old Spring was pointed up this week following an analysis by the Lo rain County District Dcnrtivent of Health. Mayor Fred Hogrefe received the following report from the Department in regard to the water: "The analysis on the .sample til water collected by a representative of this department on January 25, 1950, from the Old Spring showed no evidence of contamination."Drawings Will be Held Saturday for County Tourney Drawings for the county basketball tournament wlvch starts next Wednesday evening will be made in the county Athletic Board offices in Elyria Saturday morning at 10:00. The county tournament moves this year to the Oberlin College Fieldhouse, following years at Lorain high school gym. Eliminating down to four winners for the sectional tournament, the county tourney is slated for next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, February 15, 16, and 17, and then for Feb. 22, 23, and 24. First games start at 7:00 p.m. Amateur Boxing Card Is Set Up Amateur boxing auain returns to Amherst on Monday. February 20. The American Legion is sponsoring a boxing show wilh Al King acting as chairman. The bouts, which will be held at the Amherst High gym, includes 7 amateur boxers who gained championship honors in the recent Lorain County Golden Gloves Tournament. The lr.gion, under match-maker Mike Foherence quanmtccs eight' bouts. They are presenting a 10 bout card that promises plenty of excitement along with some very fine boxing. Amherst Rockets In Action Tonight The Amherst Rockets see action again tonight (Thursday) against the Schulan Jewlcrs who are the Akron Class A champs at 8: 30 in the local high school gym. The preliminary will get uderway at 7:30 with Vince's Auto Sales sparring with a team from Elyria. The doors will be open at 6:30. Storm Water Still Council Problem; Purchase Fire Hose Surface drainage, the perennial headache of village council, again took most of the time at the regular meeting of the official body Tuesday evening. Complaints of citizens from widely scattered parts of town were received, with the sewer and street committees requested to investigate and make rcommendations. Tom Laundon, village engin- eer, reported that the new storm sewer on South Main street, 700 feet in length, was practically completed, thus relieving conditions for that distance. He reported, however, that excess water further south on the street will have to be taken care of sometime in the future. Council has, in the past, discussed the over-all problem at some length. The present sewer system is, and has been for some time, inadequate for a variety of reasons. Clogging of sewers reduces the amount of wafer carried off and additional building all over town is increasing the pmount of run-r.'tf water to he taken rare of. Complete elimination of all the troubles would be a Ion." and very expensive operation, council has said, and the bt'1 that can be done at present is to take care of portions of Ihe system at a time. Buy fire hose On recommendation of Charles Edwards, acting fire chief, council authorized the fire committee to purchase new fire hose Ceremony Marks St. Joseph P.T.A. 23rd Anniversary Founders' Day was observed for the first time when the PTA of St. Joseph's parochial school met on Wednesday evening in the sciioi i hall. This was the 53rd anniversary of the National PTA and the 23rd .iimheisaiv or the local PTA. Th president, Mrs. Robert Finncgnn, gave a brief history of the PTA and noted that St. Joseph's was the first Catholic school to organize. Mrs. Michael Miller conducted a candlelight service, lighting 7 candles, each representing an aim or goal of the PTA. Each past president present was presented with a gardenia corsage. Present were Mrs. C. G. Aschenbach. '30; Mrs. J. A. Wesbecher, '31; Mrs. Harold Brown, '35 and '36; Mrs. Harold Weaver, '43 and '44: Mrs. I.pwis Vilagi, '45; Mrs. S. Duskcy, '46; and Mrs. M. Miller, '47 and 48. The meeting opened with prayer oflered by the Rev. Fr. James Smith. The group voted to contribute .$5.00 to the Heart drive. A bake sale was planned for May. The following purchasing committee was appointed by Mrs. Finne-gan: Mrs. Ed Gringal, Mrs. Robert Squires and Mrs. Elmer Haas. Volunteer aid was asked for the pre-Lenten ham dinner to be served Feb. 19. The room count went to the first and second grades taught by Sister Mary Allan, and ihe special prize went to Mrs. Weaver. Lunch was served by the 8th grade mothers, Mrs. Miller, chairman. Board of Affairs . Discusses Costs, Billing System Getting their "feet on Ihe ground" trok most of the time at the first regular meeting of the new board of public affairs last Thursday evening. Since all three members are new to the work of the board, most of the time was spent in finding out duties, powers, and responsibilities of the office. Re ports of the chief engineer were studied and discussed and some discussion given to means of fig uring actual costs of distribution so that a ready report on profits or losses could be had for study. Discussion was also given to the present billing system and tentative plans set up for members to visit other plants in the state for ideas on less expensive billing procedures. The first Thursday evening of the month was set as the regular meeting date for the board for the coming year. as soon as tax monies are received from the county treasurer. Edwards pointed out that the department has never had a full supply of hose since the purchase of the new truck three years ago. The recent fire on Long street took all the available hose of the department and in addition left the trucks dangerously short while the hose was being properly cleaned and dried. Council has been purchasing hose at the rate of 300 feet a year for the past two years to replace worn hose and build up the supply on the trucks. After hearing the recommendation of the act in:; chief, the fire committee was authorized to purchase 300 Ret of 2'2 inch hose and :;C0 feet of l1- inch hose at an approximate cost of $750. Consider trash boxes Representatives of a firin owning trash containers for city streets appeared before council, icquesting permission to install ome of their containers in Amherst. According to the representatives, there would be no charge to the village for installation or upkeep of the boxes. The company would be reimbursed through selling advertising panels to go on the boxes and would keep the boxes in good condition for the life of the contract.The matter was referred to the street committee and the village solicitor for study. Other business before the group inc'jided authorisation of the ?ur-ciiase'of a new flag for the coun- I cil chambers and instructions to the village engineer to prepare data for the state highway department looking forward to possible state aid on street re- pair in the village. Polio Victim Is Recovering '..V if.- Mary Kay Walker, 5 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Walker, 131 Pearl street, is another Amherst polio victim. She was stricken in September of 1948. An early diagnosis was that her sickness was a rheumatic condition but when she failed to improve, Dr. Heyman, noted Orthopedic Surgeon - Specialist, was consulted and he immediately diagnosed her case as poliomyelitis with definite muscular damage to the right leg. He prescribed a full length brace for the right leg plus heat-massage treatments, three times a week, by trained physio-therapists, at Gates Hospital in Elyria. Mary Kay's mother was taught this method of massage so that she could give her a treatment on the other four days each week. Another part of this method of treatment is the complete physical check-up by Dr. Heyman and his staff every three months. At the last check-up in November, Mary Kay's leg had shown enough improvement that a smaller brace was prescribed and her treatments at Gates' were cut to twice a week. The doctors have informed Mr. and Mrs. Walker that a series of operations will be necessary in approximately three years to restore the leg to normal use. All of this, the treatments, the braces, the operations, etc., are all made possible through the Lorain County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.